Lectures on the English PoetsT. Miller, 1819 - 331 páginas |
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... are only a more vulgar sort of poetry or rhetoric . We are as fond of indulging our violent passions as of reading a description of those of others . We are . as prone to make a torment of our fears , ON POETRY IN GENERAL . 13.
... are only a more vulgar sort of poetry or rhetoric . We are as fond of indulging our violent passions as of reading a description of those of others . We are . as prone to make a torment of our fears , ON POETRY IN GENERAL . 13.
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... sort of echo to itself — to mingle the tide of verse , " the golden cadences of poetry , " with the tide of feeling , flowing and murmuring as it flows - in short , to take the language of the imagination from off the ground , and ...
... sort of echo to itself — to mingle the tide of verse , " the golden cadences of poetry , " with the tide of feeling , flowing and murmuring as it flows - in short , to take the language of the imagination from off the ground , and ...
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... sort of a figure would he cut , translated into an epic poem , by the side of Achilles ? Clarissa , the divine Clarissa , is too in- teresting by half . She is interesting in her ruffles , in her gloves , her samplers , her aunts and ...
... sort of a figure would he cut , translated into an epic poem , by the side of Achilles ? Clarissa , the divine Clarissa , is too in- teresting by half . She is interesting in her ruffles , in her gloves , her samplers , her aunts and ...
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... sort of tangible character belonging to them , and produce the effect of sculpture on the mind . Chaucer had an equal eye for truth of nature and discrimina- tion of character ; and his interest in what he saw gave new distinctness and ...
... sort of tangible character belonging to them , and produce the effect of sculpture on the mind . Chaucer had an equal eye for truth of nature and discrimina- tion of character ; and his interest in what he saw gave new distinctness and ...
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... sort of characteristic excellence , or what might be termed gusto . They have a local truth and freshness , which gives the very feeling of the air , the coolness or moisture of the ground . Inanimate objects are thus made to have a ...
... sort of characteristic excellence , or what might be termed gusto . They have a local truth and freshness , which gives the very feeling of the air , the coolness or moisture of the ground . Inanimate objects are thus made to have a ...
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